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...I would probably suggest now because there has been a power failure at Samsung factory, again. Apparently not as bad as last time but you know how it usually goes with RAM manufacturers and price increases.

Gawd

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I've got a system with a pair of 8GB 3200 Cl14 sticks. I'd like to get another pair, but everyone's out of stock--there's some different stuff with the same specs by the same maker (G.Skill) but it's a different model so it'd look weird.

Gawd

I've got a system with a pair of 8GB 3200 Cl14 sticks. I'd like to get another pair, but everyone's out of stock--there's some different stuff with the same specs by the same maker (G.Skill) but it's a different model so it'd look weird.

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I'm good with my 32GBs of DDR4 3200 with my 2700X for a while. I know Zen 2/2+ will like faster when I eventually upgrade to it, but not too worried about the minor performance delta I'll be leaving on the table for the price difference.

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How do you generally tell what rank a DIMM is? Here I was just trying to figure out if I should get 2 or 4 sticks if I replace my existing stuff. It doesn't like you can really get 32GB of CL 14 (or at least not without paying stupid prices) whether it's 3200 or 3600. I'm kind of leaning towards 4x8 DIMMs so all the motherboard slots are filled, but skimming a couple of stores it looks like I'd have to drop to CL16. Which probably won't make that much of a day-to-day difference.

Is there memory out now that is guaranteed to work really well for the new Zen3 architecture? I am holding off on replacing my old i7 920 rig until the 4000 series Ryzen come out, and I am hesitant to buy anything for it since what I buy may or may not work well in it (and all my current systems are DDR3).

Gawd

Is there memory out now that is guaranteed to work really well for the new Zen3 architecture? I am holding off on replacing my old i7 920 rig until the 4000 series Ryzen come out, and I am hesitant to buy anything for it since what I buy may or may not work well in it (and all my current systems are DDR3).

no zen3 not out yet, but I was gonna reply to this thread and say that the samsung outage won't really matter as much for ryzen builders because Micron E-die is where it's at for ryzen anyway so that's where i'd be looking. Plus Micron is made in the USA, so there's that too.

Limp Gawd

The message I quoted mentioned he bought a new kit that he plans to use when he upgrades to Ryzen 4000. Ryzen 4000 will be using the new Zen3 architecture, so I was curious if there was any information out on the "memory requirements" and if there is already memory available you could buy that would 100% work (and work well) in Ryzen 4000 series / Zen3.